In this document, we list educational organizations and agencies (primarily at the national level) that focus on the major issues covered in the chapters, case studies, and snapshots in this book. Although teachers may feel that becoming involved in national organizations can do little to change their specific situation, we list them here because the collegial contacts and friendship one can gain from like-minded educators from around the country can be a great support to teachers who feel they are facing insurmountable challenges on their own. Reading timely and critical newspapers and journals, joining progressive organizations, and attending meetings and conferences that focus on school transformation go hand in hand with local actions to change schools.
Because commercially produced materials are more readily available, they are not included here, but we urge you to seek them out as well. A caveat: Although many more multicultural resources are currently available than in the past, one still needs to view them with a critical eye because some are excellent while others are not. The list that follows is not an exhaustive one, but it is meant to support efforts by teachers and others to bring about substantive and effective change in schools. Phone and fax numbers as well as e-mail and website information, if available, are provided.
California Tomorrow
1904 Franklin Street, Suite 300
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 496-0220
FAX: (510) 496-0225
e-mail: ct411@californiatomorrow.org
website: www.californiatomorrow.org
California Tomorrow is an advocacy organization that provides various forms of support to community organizations, schools, policymakers, and advocates working for a more equitable, inclusive, multicultural society. The organization helps institutions better serve a broader and more diverse public.
EdChange
41 Baker Street East
Saint Paul, MN 55107
(651) 291-1102
e-mail: contact@edchange.org
website: www.edchange.org/index.html
EdChange is a team of educators dedicated to equity, diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice. They offer a variety of projects and resources, workshops and consulting services, and scholarship grounded in equity and social justice in schools and communities. Their website features the award-winning Multicultural Pavilion, a multicultural education resource created, organized, and maintained by Paul Gorski at www.edchange.org/multicultural/.
Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR)
23 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 492-1764
FAX: (617) 864-5164
e-mail: educators@esrnational.org
website: www.esrnational.org
ESR is a national teachers’ organization that specifically addresses peace education, mediation, and diversity. They offer curricula and professional development that aim to make teaching social responsibility a core practice in education.
Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation (FHAO)
16 Hurd Road
Brookline, MA 02445
(617) 232-1595
FAX: (617) 232-0281
website: www.facinghistory.org
Focusing on the Holocaust and other genocides as a vehicle, FHAO examines ways of bringing important but controversial material into the classroom. The issues FHAO addresses include how to discuss the racism and violence faced by many societies today, and responsibility for others.
The National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest)
342 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 864-4810
FAX: (617) 497-2224
website: www.fairtest.org
FairTest is an advocacy organization that is working to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers, and schools is fair, open, valid, and educationally beneficial. FairTest has many resources for parents, educators, and others interested in educational reform
Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
90 Broad Street
2nd Floor
New York, New York 10004
(212) 727-0135
FAX: (212) 727-0254
website: www.glsen.org
GLSEN is a national organization working to end anti-gay biases in schools. The group is striving to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/ expression.
National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
1030 15th Street, NW
Suite 470
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 898-1829
FAX: (202) 789-2866
e-mail: NABE@nabe.org
website: www.nabe.org
NABE is a professional association with affiliates in 23 states working to address the educational needs of language-minority students. The organization provides various professional development opportunities, including an annual conference, and many advocacy efforts in support of English Language Learners.
National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)
5272 River Road, Suite 430
Bethesda, MD 20816
(301) 951-0022
FAX: (301) 951-0023
e-mail: name@nameorg.org
website: www.nameorg.org
NAME is a professional organization that brings together individuals and groups interested in multicultural education from all levels of education, different academic disciplines, and diverse educational institutions and occupations. NAME hosts an annual conference and the journal Multicultural Perspectives.
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA)
NCELA/GWU
2121 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 467-0867 (within DC metro area)
(800) 321-6223
FAX: (202) 467-4283 (DC); (800) 531-9347
e-mail: askncela@ncela.gwu.edu
website: www.ncela.gwu.edu
Formerly known as the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, NCELA collects, analyzes, synthesizes, and disseminates information about education for English Language Learners and related programs.
New York State Citizens’ Coalition for Children (NYSCCC)
NYS Citizens’ Coalition for Children, Inc.
410 East Upland Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 272-0034
FAX: (607) 272-0035
e-mail: office@nysccc.org
website: www.nysccc.org
NYSCCC is an organization comprised of concerned citizens and volunteer adoptive and foster parent groups across New York State that is guided by a belief in the right of every child to a permanent, loving family. Their website offers numerous resources on foster care and adoption and has a section devoted to transracial adoption.
Pact, an Adoption Alliance
4179 Piedmont Avenue, Suite 330
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 243-9460
(800) 750-7590 (Birth Parent Line)
FAX: (510) 243-9970
e-mail: info@pactadopt.org
website: www.pactadopt.org
Pact has developed a national reputation for excellence in serving all members of the adoption triad and, in particular, provides the highest quality adoption services to children of color. The alliance addresses the needs of all the child’s parents, by advising families facing a crisis pregnancy and by offering lifelong education to adoptive families and birth families on matters of race and adoption. Pact’s directors are co-authors of Inside Transracial Adoption, an excellent resource on the issue.
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
1726 M Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 467-8180
FAX: (202) 467-8194
e-mail: info@pflag.org
website: www.pflag.org
PFLAG is a national organization that promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families, and friends by offering various means of support, education, and advocacy.
Teaching for Change (formerly the Network of Educators on the Americas/NECA)
P.O. Box 73038
Washington, DC 20056
(800) 763-9131
(202) 588-7204 (DC area)
FAX: (202) 238-0109
website: www.teachingforchange.org
This nonprofit organization seeks to promote peace, justice, and human rights through critical, antiracist multicultural education. By drawing direct connections to “real world” issues, Teaching for Change encourages teachers and students to question and rethink the world inside and outside their classrooms, build a more equitable, multicultural society, and become active global citizens. Teaching for Change programs include a catalog, publications, classroom resources, and professional development opportunities.
Rethinking Schools
1001 East Keefe Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(800) 669-4192
FAX: (414) 964-7220
e-mail: webrs@execpc.com
website: www.rethinkingschools.org
Rethinking Schools is a nonprofit organization that advocates the reform of elementary and secondary public schools, with an emphasis on urban schools and issues of equity and social justice, and local and national educational reform. Rethinking Schools publishes a quarterly magazine and offers a number of other publications on critical topics in school reform.
Teaching Tolerance
400 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334) 956-8200
FAX: (334) 956-8488
website: www.tolerance.org
Teaching Tolerance is an educational project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Its aim is to fight hate and promote tolerance. Its resources include a quarterly magazine for educators and the website www.Tolerance.org, a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating communities that value diversity. Through its online well of resources and ideas, expanding collection of print materials, burgeoning outreach efforts, and downloadable public service announcements, Teaching Tolerance promotes and supports anti-bias activism in every venue of life.
U.S. Committee for UNICEF
Education Department
333 East 38th Street
New York, NY 10016
(800) 4UNICEF
e-mail: netmaster@unicef.org
website: www.unicef.org
UNICEF stands for the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. This United Nations center publishes a wealth of information concerning world development, including books, audiovisual materials, lesson plans, and other resources with an international perspective.
World of Difference (WOD) Institute
Anti-Defamation League
1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW, #1020
Washington, DC 20036
(212) 885-7811
website: www.adl.org/education/edu_awod/default_awod.asp
A project of the Anti-Defamation League, the World of Difference Institute is a leading provider of diversity and anti-bias training and resources. As an educational agency, it concentrates on professional development and curriculum design with an antiracist focus.
Youth In Action (YIA)
672 Broad Street
Providence, RI 02907
(401) 751-4264
FAX: (401) 751-1712
e-mail: yia@youthinactionri.org
website: www.youthinactionri.org
YIA is a nonprofit organization that works with urban youth. Through YIA’s innovative leadership development program, the organization creates leaders and activists who will have a significant impact on their communities. The programs feature topics such as health education, community celebrations, and multicultural arts.
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
(800) 545-2433, ext. 2153
e-mail: library@ala.org
website: www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/
Each year, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), which is under the umbrella of the American Library Association, identifies the best of the best in children’s books, recordings, videos, and computer software. The links on their website access current and past children’s notable lists as well as distributors of notable media. See their list of “notable books for children” in which they provide a wide range of multicultural children’s literature.
International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) Foundation
website: http://childrenslibrary.org/index.shtml
The ICDL Foundation’s goal is to build a collection of books for professionals that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from all parts of the world. Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that educators can help ensure that every child knows and appreciates the riches of children’s literature from the world community.
Maria José Botelho and Masha Kabokow Rudman, Mirrors, Windows and Doors: Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children’s Literature (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum: 2008).
Mingshui Cai, Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults: Reflections on Critical Issues (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002).
Frances Ann Day, Lesbian and Gay Voices: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Literature for Children and Young Adults (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000).
Nancy Hansen-Krening, Elaine M. Aoki, and Donald T. Mizokawa, eds., Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K–8, 4th ed. (Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 2003).
Violet J. Harris, ed., Using Multiethnic Literature in the K–8 Classroom, 2nd ed. (Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon, 1997).
Alethea Helbig and Agnes Regan Perkins, Many Peoples, One Land: A Guide to New Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001).
Daphne Muse, ed., The New Press Guide to Multicultural Resources for Young Readers (New York: New Press, 1997).
Hazel Rochman, Against Borders: Promoting Books for a Multicultural World (Chicago: American Library Association, 1993).
Masha Kabokow Rudman, Children’s Literature: An Issues Approach, 3rd ed. (White Plains, NY: Longman, 1995).
Stanley F. Steiner, Promoting a Global Community Through Multicultural Children’s Literature (Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2001).
Arlette Willis, Teaching and Using Multicultural Literature in Grades 9–12: Moving Beyond the Canon (Norton, MA: Christopher-Gordon, 1998).
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